diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
index 023a4c2b94a..0e025b27d6f 100755
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if [ ! -d "${SPRING_HOME}" ]; then
 fi
 
 [[ "${cygwin}" == "true" ]] && SPRINGPATH=$(cygpath "${SPRING_HOME}") || SPRINGPATH=$SPRING_HOME
-CLASSPATH=.:${SPRINGPATH}/bin
+CLASSPATH=${SPRINGPATH}/bin
 if [ -d "${SPRINGPATH}/ext" ]; then
 	CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:${SPRINGPATH}/ext
 fi